Friday, September 28, 2007

These were the words out of my mouth yesterday to a very kind and civilized man doing his best to help me.

I went back to my orthopedist yesterday.

We took new x-rays from different angles.

This was our conversation:Me: I was so good this week. I kept it bandaged the whole time!Dr. O: That's not going to matter at all.Me: Why? What do you mean?Dr. O: Mindy, I'm so sorry, but your injury is much more severe and traumatic than I thought. I'm really sorry I didn't realize this sooner.Me: Okay. What does that mean? Because I've resolved the fact that my knuckle might be permanently "swollen" and my finger may be slightly crooked the rest of my life. Will I be able to play the piano?Dr. O: Well, your injury is VERY uncommon. Your prognosis will be a very painful joint the rest of your life.Me: You mean, like when it rains I'll have a little arthritis?Dr. O: No, more like when your sitting around, on any given day, doing no activity whatsoever, it will be aching. You need to see a hand surgeon.Me: Oh crap.

I go today, wish me luck. Maybe Dr. F will think Dr. O's crazy and I'll get to go home with a lollipop and a new prognosis of: Don't use your hand for a week or two and it will be fine.

13 comments:

ahhh, don't we just love life! There was the time when I had to have a mediasteinoscopy and they were so happy that the cancer was more on the right side of my heart than the left - or they said they would have had to crack my chest open to do the biopsy! There is always a bright side - keep it looking for it and you'll find it even if it really sucks right now! I am praying things will go well for you!

That's terrible news.. hopefully it will be just a misdiagnoses. What a pain-literally, I guess. What kind of luck do you have? Your family seems to have had more than one VERY uncommon prognosis. How is your Olivia doing? Good luck!